Verifying Dns Integration With Active Directory

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If you allow the Active Directory Installation Wizard to configure a basic A+ Exams setup for you, and your DNS solution supports dynamic update, the wizard configures an Active Directory-integrated forward lookup zone with the name of the domain. The configuration of this zone changes the storage location of zone data from the zone file to Active Directory on the server. You can verify DNS integration by viewing the properties for the DNS zone and the DNS server.
To verify DNS integration with Active Directory, complete the following steps:
1.Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click DNS.
2.In the DNS console tree, double-click the DNS server, double-click Forward Lookup Zones, right-click the zone and select Properties from the menu. The
Properties dialog box for the zone appears.
3.In the General Tab, verify that Active Directory-Integrated appears after Type. Verify that Nonsecure And Secure appears in the Dynamic Updates box. Notice that the Security tab now exists to set the security for secure dynamic update. Click OK.
4.In ...
... the DNS console tree, right-click the DNS server and then select Properties from the menu. The Properties dialog box for the DNS server appears.
5.In the Advanced tab, verify that the Load Zone Data On Startup box is set to From Active Directory And Registry. Click OK.
Verifying Installation of the Shared System Volume
The Active Directory Installation Wizard builds the shared system volume, Sysvol, during the creation of a domain controller. Sysvol is a tree of folders containing files that need to be available and synchronized between domain controllers in a domain or forest, including
Sysvol shared folder
Netlogon shared folder
Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft A+ certificate Windows Millennium
Edition (Windows Me), and Microsoft Windows NT 4 system policies
Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 Group Policy settings
User logon and logoff scripts
You can verify the installation of the shared system volume by viewing the Sysvol folders in the location you specified during Active Directory installation.
To verify installation of the shared system volume, complete the following steps:
1.Open My Computer.
2.Open free Microsoft practice questions or the location you specified during Active Directory installation.
Verify that the Sysvol folder contains a shared Sysvol folder. Verify that the shared Sysvol folder contains a folder for the domain, which contains a shared Scripts and a Policies folder.